Optimistic Painting

Liz Nehdi is an American artist and textile designer based in London. She specializes in digital surface pattern designs based on her original paintings. These pattern designs can be applied to virtually any surface - fabric, canvas, Formica, wallpaper, or the exterior of a car, to name a few. Liz was born near Washington DC, in 1982. She received a BA in Studio Art with Honors at Dartmouth College (USA) and an MA in Textile Design with Distinction at the Chelsea College of Art in Design (part of the University of the Arts London). After working in publishing and online media for several years, Liz has returned to her passion for creating. She seeks to create cherished, enduring objects that imbue life with joy and serve as more than mere props - and in doing so encourage slower, more meaningful consumption. There may appear an inherent contradiction between today's careless consumption patterns and the notion that products should be more meaningful. However, building on the assertion that waste is the result of a missing bond between object and user, Liz aims to show that thoughtful design can increase an object's emotional significance and thus reconfigure the object-user relationship to reduce waste. Liz's work explores how the combination of artistic and handcrafted techniques, memory evocation and new technology can induce lasting bonds between user and object in this post-modern world. Liz travels extensively and has lived in the United States, United Kingdom, France and Singapore.